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Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous.

The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; -- called also bloat herring.

A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots.

The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body.

A bundle, as of oziers. Bolt auger, an auger of large size; an auger to make holes for the bolts used by shipwrights. -- Bolt and nut, a metallic pin with a head formed upon one end, and a movable piece (the nut) screwed upon a thread cut upon the other end. See B, C, and D, in illust. above.

used in composition; as, big-boned; strong-boned. No big-boned men framed of the Cyclops' size. Shak.

The size of a hole; the interior diameter of a tube or gun barrel; the caliber.

A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.

The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for many purposes. Called also breadfruit tree and bread tree.

A size of type between bourgeous and minion.

The small size of type used in England printing.

A native or a Mexican horse of small size. [Western U.S.]

An extinct animal of large size, known from its three-toed footprints in Mesozoic sandstone.

ements and ornaments of copper or bronze. -- Bronze powder, a metallic powder, used with size or in combination with painting, to give the appearance of bronze, gold, or other metal, to any surface. -- Phosphor bronze and Silicious or Silicium bronze are made by adding phosphorus and silicon respectively to ordinary…

A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body.

A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.

A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous ingabundant in tropical America.

Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk. Against these forces there were prepared near one hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a more nimble motion, and more serviceable. Bacon.

A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods, in order to fix the amount of freight or dues payable on them.

Greatness in bulk; size.